Thursday
Nov072019
Everyday Heroines
November 7, 2019Meet Morah Chani Brod, the Songwriter, Musician and Dedicated Teacher of the “Geula Kinder”
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Thursday
Oct312019
WITH ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
“In a generation of emptiness and confusion, the source of the true light, the holy Torah, stands out even more – particularly with the strengths we have accumulated for the New Year.” Meet Rivky Shimon, an artist who has built a new unique strengthening program using guided imagery to establish greater connection between body and soul.
Thursday
Aug012019
Waiting For The 3D Beis Hamikdash
Eliezer Ben Chamu, an educator, musician, and one of the most outstanding 3D artists in Israel, tells Beis Moshiach about his newfound passion.
Wednesday
Jul102019
100 Years of Chassidus & Hiskashrus
The incredible life story of Rabbi Avrohom Tzvi Segal-Landa, who journeyed from Chassidic Riminov to Litvishe Pinsk and from there to Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch.
Friday
May172019
Third Generation Chabad Rav of Bnei Brak
Crowds of people from Bnei Brak and beyond filled the streets near the beis medrash of Rav Landau z’l, before the funeral set out. It was at this time, after the recitation of a few chapters of Tehillim, that Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Isaac, his son, was appointed the new rav of Bnei Brak.
Thursday
Feb212019
THE ART OF TRANSFORMING ART INTO HOLINESS
He was a good boy from Kiryat Yam. He grew up in a home far from Torah and mitzvos, but one Shabbos meal in Maryland ignited within him the passion that he was searching for all the years. * The story of Maoz Toledo, who turned his art into Chassidic artistry.* He tells about his work, offering us a look into his studio, and recounts his fascinating life story.
Friday
Feb152019
THE STUDENTS WILL BE LIKE YOUR ACTUAL CHILDREN
R’ Moshe Edery served for decades as the “madrich” (counselor) in the trade school in Kfar Chabad (Beis Seifer L’Melacha). * In this wide-ranging interview, he tells of his early childhood, selling “petel” in the shuk in Ashkelon, and his enrollment in a Chabad school. However, his main experience is his role in guiding the students of the Chabad Trade School, a role that he continues to perform to this day, long after the school has closed.
Friday
Feb152019
CHASSID, TORAH SCHOLAR, AND TIRELESS PUBLIC SERVANT
Rabbi Yaakov Mizrachi a”h was a fascinating personality. He came from the “Sha’arayim” transit camp, grew up in the Yemenite community, became involved in communal work in the Ashkenazi Agudath Israel until he came to Chabad. * The book Dorach Kochav M’Yaakov is a biography of the writer and askan, R’ Yaakov Mizrachi.
Thursday
Feb072019
THE REBBE’S WINGS
Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon, a noted author, shared details of the activities of his late brother, Rabbi Yonah Avtzon OBM, in honor of the upcoming shloshim.
Thursday
Jan172019
RETURN TO MOSCOW, REVISITING A CHILDHOOD OF MESIRAS NEFESH
When he was seven, his father gave him a choice, to either attend public school and deal with the weekly non-attendance on Shabbos or to learn underground, without seeing the light of day until further notice. * Rabbi Mordechai (Mottel) Kanelsky chose the second option and learned with one of the elder Chassidim who was a classmate of the Rebbe.
Thursday
Jan102019
MY VERY FIRST YECHIDUS
To whom did the Rebbetzin say at six in the morning: At this very moment, the Rebbe just went to rest. * Why did the Rebbe say that, “I still owe Mrs. Schneersohn for the kugel and the cholent that I did not eat on Shabbos?”
Thursday
Jan032019
WHERE WOULD I BE TODAY WITHOUT THE REBBE?
The various stages of the life of R’ Hershel Finkelman were stormy and filled with upheavals. In an amazing fashion, at every juncture in his life, the Rebbe concerned himself with his welfare. * He was born in Morocco, and even before he was born, the Rebbe guided his adoptive father to reach out to him and his sister.
Thursday
Jan032019
THE LIFE OF R’ MOSHE SHUCHAT A”H
It was during the difficult years that Crown Heights went through that he lived on the southern border of the neighborhood and began regularly attending the Rebbe’s farbrengens. * For a period of time he prepared the mikva on Union Street for the Rebbe and immersed right after the Rebbe came out.
